Inclusion of students with disabilities in general education settings is a challenge at any grade level, but with the enactment of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and the 2004 reauthorization of the Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), including students with special needs in the general classroom is no longer an option-- it's the law. And it school must know ways to successfully take on this challenging responsibility.

7 Effective Strategies for Secondary Inclusion is an exciting and practical video that gives educators a look inside middle school and high school classrooms that are successfully including students with special needs.

Cooperation: How school administrators, teachers, families and students work together in inclusive schools to produce successful outcomes

In addition, Dr. Dieker describes and demonstrates strategies for successful secondary inclusion that educators can utilize to meet the needs of students with disabilities in inclusive secondary classrooms.

Dr. Dieker builds on the content presented in this video the book Demystifying Secondary Inclusion, which focuses on school-wide as well as classroom-based approaches to implementing inclusion in secondary schools.

Inclusion of students with disabilities at all levels is a challenge, one that has been intensified by the mandates of NCLB and the reauthorized IDEA.This video features Dr. Lisa Dieker, Associate Professor, author and nationally acclaimed teacher trainer, whose work over the last 15 years has focused on two aspects of inclusion of secondary students with middle to moderate disabilities.For more information, see http://www.nprinc.com/inclusion/v7es.htm

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